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Congratulations to our MLK All Team Players!!
Sunshine had 3 players named to the MLK Tournament All Team. Congratulations to these players for their hard work and didication and being recognized by the tournament:
16's- Kristen Castellanos
17's- Clare Olivares
18's- Kate Summer
Sunshine in the 2011 NCAA Tournament
This year in the 2011 NCAA Tournament Sunshine was well represented. With a series of former players competing in the tournament and garnering numerous awards and recognition Sunshine is proud to recognize its alumni for their accomplishments.
NCAA Champions (UCLA)
-Meg Norton Class of 2010
-Jenna Scillaci Class of 2010
-Aaron Wexler (Vol. Asst. Coach) Coach
AVCA Player of the Year
-Alex Jupiter (USC) Class of 2008
AVCA All-Americans
-1st Team Alex Jupiter (USC) Class of 2008
-Hon. Mention Sam Selsky (Dayton) Class of 2008
Sunshine Alumni in NCAA Tournament
Sunshine 17's in Italy
SUNSHINE PLAYERS NAMED FIRST TEAM ALL-CIF
Sunshine has had 8 players selected to their respective divisional 1st Team All-CIF Teams, as well as two POY awards! Each of these girls worked hard during the off-season with skill set training and conditioning and helped their teams progress deep into the playoffs. Sunshine's 1st team All-CIf players are:
Lauren Greskovics-Fuller (18-Sunshine)-Div.1A Marymount High School POY
Lanti Moye-Mclaren (18-Sunshine)-Div. 1A Marymount High School
Kristen Castellanos (16-Sunshine)-Div. 1A Notre Dame Academy
Sarah Lucenti (17-South Bay)-Div. 3AA Chadwick
Abbe Holtz (17-South Bay)-Div. 3AA Chadwick
Brittany Butler (18-Sunshine)-Div. 3A Windward High School
Kate Sommer (18-Sunshine)-Div. 5AA Lighthouse Christian High School
Molly Kornfiend (17-Westside)-Div. 2 Palisades High School POY
Also, A HUGE congratulations to Molly Kornfiend and Lauren Greskovics-Fuller. Molly was named 1st Team All-CIF City Section for Palisades High School, and was also unanimously voted as the CIF Player of the Year for CIF City Section Div. 2 for the second straight year! Lauren this year garnered CIF Player of the year for CIF Southern Section Div. 1A after leading Marymount to its second straight CIF Championship and a run to the finals of the state championship!
Four Sunshine Players Make Senior Aces List!
This year Sunshine has had four players announced on the Prepvolleyball.com Senior Aces list that ranks the top senior volleyball players in the country.
Leading off the Sunshine athletes at #48 is Lauren Fuller, the setter for our 18-Sunshine team and for her team at Marymount High School Lauren has garnered awards for All-CIF and All-League during the High School season and has committed to play for Arizona starting next fall.
Second on the List for Sunshine at #71 is Sydney Wright. Sydney played on our 18-Westside team last year as a Junior and is leading her high school team this year at Chaminade in multiple statistical categories. She will be playing for UC Irvine next year.
Listed as one of the top liberos in the country and rounding out the top 150 players in the country is Libero Kate Sommer. She has been team captain and a multiple All-CIF player for her high school Lighthouse Christian Academy.
An Honorable Mention on the Senior Aces list is another of our outstanding seniors Kate Giddeons. Kate plays Middle Blocker and is captain for her high school Palos Verdes that started the season ranked in the top 100 high schools in the nation.
Congratulations to all of our Sunshine players and good luck during the high school season!
Sunshine Alumni Zuri Smith is named Freshman of the Week
This season Sunshine Alumni and current Morgan State Middle Blocker Zuri Smith was named Freshman of the Week for her school in the MEAC conference! We are so proud of Zuri and all of our Alumn as they continue to dominate at the collegiate level. Below is the article from the school website about the award.
Go Zuri! and Go Sunshine!
NORFOLK, Va. (Oct. 31, 2011)-Morgan State sophomore setter Ngebui (Natalie) Chafeh was named Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Player of the Week, while freshman middle hitter Zuri Smith was named MEAC Rookie of the Week as announced by the conference office on Monday. It was the third all-conference award and second straight for Chafeh this season and the first for Smith.
Smith, who last week was cited on the other top performers list, finished with a combined 19 kills, while carrying a hitting percentage of .457, nine blocks and three digs. The 5-10 native from Inglewood, Calif., had a career-high seven blocks to go with seven kills and three digs at Norfolk State (10/28). Smith followed up that performance with a career-high 12 kills, a hitting percentage of .579 and two blocks
Sunshine Alumni Dani Shapherd Breaks School Record!
This Weekend Sunshine Alumni and current UPenn Libero Dani Shephard broke the school record for Digs in a Match at 41! We are so proud of Dani and all of our Alumn as they continue to dominate at the collegiate level. Below is the Article from The Daily Pennsylvanian on the match.
Go Dani! and Go Sunshine!
While coach Kerry Carr and the Penn volleyball team were looking mostly to grow as a team on the road against difficult opponents this weekend, the Quakers almost returned to Philadelphia with some big upsets.
Matches against Toledo and Alabama both went to five sets before Penn ultimately fell to both. And a solid showing against No. 25 Ohio State — the Quakers evened up the match at 1-1 before the Buckeyes dropped them 3-1 — made the trip worthwhile.
Though the Red and Blue kept up with the Buckeyes in the first set to a 14-14 tie, they eventually fell, 25-20. The Quakers came back to win the next set, 25-23, before dropping the next two sets, 25-13, and 25-21, respectively.
The next morning, Penn led, 2-1, against Toledo (4-1), but couldn’t hang on. Toledo won the next two sets and the match, 3-2.
In the nightcap, Penn again jumped out to a 2-1 lead, this time against Alabama. Replacing Penn’s all-time digs leader Madison Wojciechowski, sophomore libero Dani Shepherd made some history of her own with a school-record 41 digs.
Despite Shepherd’s performance, the Crimson Tide came from behind to win the fourth and fifth sets for the win.
With the losses, the Quakers fell to 2-4 on the season. Next up for Penn is Rhode Island, the first game of a tripleheader Friday at noon. Penn hosts the Crowne Plaza Philadelphia West Penn Invitational and also plays UMBC and William & Mary in the event.
Sunshine Alumni Kellie Barnum Named ACC Freshman of the Week
Kellie Barnum, of Sunshine's 2010 18-Westside team, was recently named the Freshman of the Week for the ACC while playing for Boston College. Below is the press release on her accomplishment. Congratulations Kellie!
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Miami senior outside hitter Lane Carico has been named the ACC Volleyball Player of the Week, announced Monday by the Atlantic Coast Conference. Boston College freshman setter Kellie Barnum was named Freshman of the Week.
Carico helped Miami extend its winning streak to four matches and its home court winning streak to 10 straight as she registered 5.50 kills per set and 3.67 digs per set in wins over Wake Forest and Duke, respectively. The native of Manhattan Beach, Calif. hit .389 over the weekend and put down a team-high 33 kills against just five errors on 72 swings for the Canes.
She helped Miami sweep Duke and break a three-match losing skid to the Blue Devils, recording the first win over Duke since a 3-0 decision in 2008. Additionally, Carico became the school’s all-time leader in kills with 1,495, surpassing Karla Johnson for the top honor. In both matches on the weekend, Carico picked up double-doubles to extend her streak to four and increase her total to nine on the year.
The award is the third of the season for Carico. The Hurricanes return to action on Friday when they take on NC State at 7:00 p.m. in Raleigh, N.C.
Barnum orchestrated the Boston College offense en route to their first weekend sweep in conference play since the 2007 season with wins over Virginia, 3-1, and Virginia Tech, 3-0. Averaging 12.0 assists per set, the setter helped Boston College hit over 140 points higher than it had been averaging prior to last week’s matches.
The Pacific Palisades, Calif. native distributed a career-high 34 assists and went 4-for-6 with no attack errors in the sweep of the Hokies. The setter returned to establish new career-marks of 50 assists, the most for the Eagles this year, and three blocks in the win over the Cavaliers. The win over Virginia is just the second in program history and first over both teams in four seasons.
The weekly award is the first for Boston College since Sept. 4, 2007, when freshman Audrey Eichler was named ACC Player of the Week. The Eagles will return to action Friday when they hit the road and face Clemson in South Carolina at 7:00
SUNSHINE PLAYER COMMITMENTS 2012
Immanuella Anaghu-UCONN
Jackie Bowman-Boston College
Shannon Deyden-Western Oregon University
Kaity Edwards-Wyoming
Lauren Fuller-Arizona
Manon Fuller-University of Virginia
Christine Irvin-USC (Beach)
Lanti Moye-Mclaren-Columbia University
Tori Shepherd-Yale
Kate Sommer-Washington State
Sunshine 14-South Bay Wins Silver at JO's!
Sunshine 14-South Bay coached by Nancy Mason and Carrie Dodd won the silver medal at JO's last season in Atlanta (2011). The girls had a fantastic tournament and ended up losing in the finals in a 3 set battle to Texas Image 14-Mizuno: 20-25, 25-10, 9-15. We are so proud of the girls for playing hard all tournament long and bringing home another medal for Sunshine!
Sunshine 2011 Bids
Sunshine earned 7 bids to the Junior Olympics in Atlanta this Year. With five bids in the Open division, one in the National division and one in the American division. There will be teams representing Sunshine in every age group but one, with two teams in the 16's open!!!
Congratulations to all of the Sunshine teams that earned a bid, have some fun and kick butt in Atlanta.
GO SUNSHINE!!!
Open Bids: American Bids:
18-Westside 14-South Bay
17-Sunshine
16-Westside National Bids:
16-South Bay
15-Hurley 12-Westside
